Re: WHL (World Hockey League) - League Settings *Discussion* Thread

Originally Posted by
Pengwin7
Two great notes.
1. So far (and obviously... it's daytime right now), we have 9 people available "all day" (with Pit Bulls being "after work" on Aug 27, 28, 29). The more people that are available "all day", the better chance we have of going to a "30 min window".
Essentially, it's the "after work" only crowd that slows down any draft. "Night only" drafters will be the league's weakest link of the draft schedule because the draft won't move during daytime hours if they are up.
Fortunately, 24 is a good scheduling number... meaning we can make 8 groups of 3... or 6 groups of 4... depending on whether we have <6 or <8 "night drafters". There will be a series of lotteries... we'll draw a lottery just to get into groups of 3 or 4... then the groups will draw into slots of 1-4 (say), 5-8 (say), etc to 21-24th pick range... and then each group will draw an order and get to select their spot within their pick range. It will all be very fair, trust me, but it is critical that the "night only" drafters stay in either one or two groups - so that they can knock out picks quickly. The preliminary schedule above shows 15min windows... but that does get us through 2 rounds in a day. Ideally, we'll have 30min windows and one-round per day - as long as the grouping/lottery thing can be made to work out so the draft schedule doesn't get hung up.
2. Agree. Minor/juniors is tough issue. Good to get some experiences with that from others - as it can be frustrating when juniors players are hoarded. Personally, I like giving people the option on whether they want to protect their PRO guys or their JR guys. I never like punishing somebody if they want to undertake a rebuild or go for it with a more veteran squad.
I don't want to over-complicate the league, but one way of preventing people from "hoarding" young players over veterans would be to have a Cap Floor.
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